“There's nothing that's ever happened in the world that didn't start in one human mind.”

—  Tom Clancy

2000s, In Depth with Tom Clancy (2002)

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update Sept. 14, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "There's nothing that's ever happened in the world that didn't start in one human mind." by Tom Clancy?
Tom Clancy photo
Tom Clancy 83
American author 1947–2013

Related quotes

Fulton J. Sheen photo

“Nothing ever happens in the world that does not happen first inside human hearts.”

Fulton J. Sheen (1895–1979) Catholic bishop and television presenter

Source: Life Is Worth Living

Larry Niven photo

“If human beings didn't have a strong preference for creation, nothing would get built, ever.”

Larry Niven (1938) American writer

Niven's Laws
Context: 6) It is easier to destroy than create.
Bin Laden tore down the World Trade Center? Let's see him build one. If human beings didn't have a strong preference for creation, nothing would get built, ever.

Asger Jorn photo

“Even here, nothing ever happens; and nothing ever happens to it.”

Asger Jorn (1914–1973) Danish artist

1949 - 1958, Speech to the Penguins' (1949)

“I was a thoroughly hardened Homeward Bounder. There seemed nothing I didn't know.
Then I ran into Helen. My friendly neighbourhood enemy. There really was nothing like Helen on any world I'd ever been to. I sometimes didn't think she was human at all.”

Diana Wynne Jones book The Homeward Bounders

Source: The Homeward Bounders (1981), p. 70.

Richelle Mead photo

“You're burned into my mind forever. There is nothing, nothing in this world that will ever change that.”

Richelle Mead Blood Promise

Source: Blood Promise

Mellin de Saint-Gelais photo

“A friendship that can be ended / didn't ever start”

Mellin de Saint-Gelais (1495–1558) French poet

Original: Amitié qui se peut finir / Ne fut jamais bien commencée
Source: Oeuvres poétiques

Eckhart Tolle photo

“Nothing has happened in the past; it happened in the Now. Nothing will ever happen in the future; it will happen in the Now.”

Eckhart Tolle (1948) German writer

Source: The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

Billy Joel photo

“We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it.”

Billy Joel (1949) American singer-songwriter and pianist

We Didn't Start the Fire.
Song lyrics, Storm Front (1989)

Jack Kerouac photo

“Nothing ever happened - Not even this”

Jack Kerouac book Big Sur

Source: Big Sur

Related topics